diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa67b731e..4b93bedff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ FEATURE_CFLAGS += -D'PRINT_WIKI_SUPPORT=1'
 CLI_OBJS += print_wiki.o
 endif
 
+FEATURE_CFLAGS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "UTSNAME := yes" .features && printf "%s" "-D'HAVE_UTSNAME=1'")
+
 # We could use PULLED_IN_LIBS, but that would be ugly.
 FEATURE_LIBS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "NEEDLIBZ := yes" .libdeps && printf "%s" "-lz")
 
@@ -308,12 +310,29 @@ features: compiler
 	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest $(FTDILIBS) $(LIBS) >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
 		( echo "found."; echo "FTDISUPPORT := yes" >> .features.tmp ) ||	\
 		( echo "not found."; echo "FTDISUPPORT := no" >> .features.tmp )
+	@printf "Checking for utsname support... "
+	@$(shell ( echo "#include <sys/utsname.h>";		   \
+		   echo "struct utsname osinfo;";	   \
+		   echo "int main(int argc, char **argv)"; \
+		   echo "{ uname (&osinfo); return 0; }"; ) > .featuretest.c )
+	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
+		( echo "found."; echo "UTSNAME := yes" >> .features.tmp ) ||	\
+		( echo "not found."; echo "UTSNAME := no" >> .features.tmp )
 	@$(DIFF) -q .features.tmp .features >/dev/null 2>&1 && rm .features.tmp || mv .features.tmp .features
 	@rm -f .featuretest.c .featuretest
 else
 features: compiler
 	@echo "FEATURES := yes" > .features.tmp
+	@printf "Checking for utsname support... "
+	@$(shell ( echo "#include <sys/utsname.h>";		   \
+		   echo "struct utsname osinfo;";	   \
+		   echo "int main(int argc, char **argv)"; \
+		   echo "{ uname (&osinfo); return 0; }"; ) > .featuretest.c )
+	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
+		( echo "found."; echo "UTSNAME := yes" >> .features.tmp ) ||	\
+		( echo "not found."; echo "UTSNAME := no" >> .features.tmp )
 	@$(DIFF) -q .features.tmp .features >/dev/null 2>&1 && rm .features.tmp || mv .features.tmp .features
+	@rm -f .featuretest.c .featuretest
 endif
 
 install: $(PROGRAM)
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index f5c0721f9..2450dee45 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#if HAVE_UTSNAME == 1
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#endif
 #include "flash.h"
 #include "flashchips.h"
 
@@ -1133,9 +1136,44 @@ void list_programmers(char *delim)
 	printf("\n");	
 }
 
+void print_sysinfo(void)
+{
+#if HAVE_UTSNAME == 1
+	struct utsname osinfo;
+	uname(&osinfo);
+
+	msg_ginfo(" on %s %s (%s)", osinfo.sysname, osinfo.release,
+		  osinfo.machine);
+#else
+	msg_ginfo(" on unknown machine");
+#endif
+	msg_ginfo(", built with");
+#if NEED_PCI == 1
+#ifdef PCILIB_VERSION
+	msg_ginfo(" libpci %s,", PCILIB_VERSION);
+#else
+	msg_ginfo(" unknown PCI library,");
+#endif
+#endif
+#ifdef __clang__
+	msg_ginfo(" LLVM %i/clang %i", __llvm__, __clang__);
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+	msg_ginfo(" GCC");
+#ifdef __VERSION__
+	msg_ginfo(" %s", __VERSION__);
+#else
+	msg_ginfo(" unknown version");
+#endif
+#else
+	msg_ginfo(" unknown compiler");
+#endif
+	msg_ginfo("\n");
+}
+
 void print_version(void)
 {
-	printf("flashrom v%s\n", flashrom_version);
+	printf("flashrom v%s", flashrom_version);
+	print_sysinfo();
 }
 
 int selfcheck(void)